---
type: "Bill"
title: "Holidays: other; \"Blue Star Mothers Day\"; designate as February 1. Creates new act."
description: "Holidays: other; \"Blue Star Mothers Day\"; designate as February 1. Creates new act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 235"
citation: "Michigan SB 235 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Holidays: other", "Veterans: other"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rick Outman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-23"
last_action: "2024-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0fdcbfa7-7338-4e68-aaef-2d38c9c32da8"
source_url: "https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2023-SB-0235"
source_hash: "1ef217ff53f110adb815232cab8c89627b0af6971b048bfe221f180fbac145d9"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-mi"]
---

# Michigan SB 235 (2023-2024) — Holidays: other; "Blue Star Mothers Day"; designate as February 1. Creates new act.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As Passed by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billengrossed/Senate/pdf/2023-SEBH-0235.pdf)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billengrossed/Senate/pdf/2023-SEBS-0235.pdf)
3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/publicact/pdf/2024-PA-0069.pdf)
4. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billintroduced/Senate/htm/2023-SIB-0235.htm)

## Votes

- PASSED ROLL CALL # 326 YEAS 38 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rick Outman — primary (person)
- John Cherry — cosponsor (person)
- Jon C. Bumstead — cosponsor (person)
- Michele Hoitenga — cosponsor (person)
- Sylvia A. Santana — cosponsor (person)
- Veronica Klinefelt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-03-23** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR RICK OUTMAN `introduction`
- **2023-03-23** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AND EMERGENCY SERVICES `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-25** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-25** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-06** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S) `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-06** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING
- **2023-06-07** PASSED ROLL CALL # 326 YEAS 38 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2023-06-07** received on 06/06/2023 `introduction`
- **2023-06-07** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2023-06-07** referred to Committee on Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-05** reported with recommendation without amendment `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-05** referred to second reading
- **2024-06-12** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-06-12** placed on third reading
- **2024-06-13** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2024-06-13** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 171 Yeas 109 Nays 0 Excused 0 Not Voting 1 `passage`
- **2024-06-13** returned to Senate
- **2024-06-18** GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2024-06-18** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2024-06-27** PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 06/26/2024 02:42 PM `executive-receipt`
- **2024-07-30** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 07/08/2024 09:30 AM `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-30** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 07/08/2024 01:06 PM
- **2024-07-30** ASSIGNED PA 0069'24 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0fdcbfa7-7338-4e68-aaef-2d38c9c32da8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).